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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)
Episode 65
A staple of the first-person confessional, James M Cain's debut novel has really lasted the test of time. Now knocking on 90 years of age, "The Postm…
3 years, 6 months ago
LTP Noir: Pickup on South Street (1953)
Episode 64
LTP Noir returns, this time to the mean streets of Samuel Fuller’s New York City at the height of the McCarthy era. Richard Widmark, Jean Peters and …
3 years, 6 months ago
The Triumph of the Spider Monkey (1974)
Episode 63
"The Triumph of the Spider Monkey" is the chaotic narrative of Bobby Gotteson, whose repressive lust and murderous rage reach their fever-pitch follo…
3 years, 6 months ago
LTP Noir: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Episode 62
In 1943, Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" delivered a sinister sucker-punch of a conundrum to naïve North American audiences: What happens when…
3 years, 8 months ago
LTP Noir: Dark Passage (1947)
Episode 61
“Dark Passage” is one of Film Noir's most unique thrillers. The 1947 film boasts an all-star cast, innovative use of first-person subjective camerawo…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Body in the Library (1942)
Episode 60
Our first Agatha Christie read takes us to Gossington Hall where the body of a young woman is found, dead and spread, upon the floor of Colonel Bantr…
4 years ago
LTP Noir: The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Episode 59
In this episode Josh discusses the troubled and time-pressed production of George Marshall's "The Blue Dahlia". Penned by hard-boiled novelist, Raymo…
4 years, 1 month ago
Noir (1998)
Episode 58
Better know, perhaps, for his writing in the expanded universes of Star Wars, Star Trek and Blade Runner, K W Jeter is nevertheless one of the pionee…
4 years, 2 months ago
LTP Noir: Laura (1944)
Episode 57
Otto Preminger's "Laura" from 1944 is considered a classic of the noir genre. Expertly cast and masterfully directed, "Laura" has remained among cine…
4 years, 2 months ago
LTP Selects: The Empty House (1903)
Episode 56
Ten years after propelling his protagonist off the page via Reichenbach in "The Final Problem", Arthur Conan Doyle returns Holmes to his adoring publ…
4 years, 2 months ago